Table of contents
I. Introduction
II. Creation of government structure
III. Role of regulatory agencies
IV. Role of SEC in determining the behavior of the firm and its management
V. Concept of TBTF to the financial corporations and non-financial corporations
VI. Ethical issues raised by too big to fail
VII. Conclusion
Introduction
There are various government structures in organizations although they are different from one branch of the government to the other. The structures help the government manage its economy efficiently. In the economy a too big to fail firm (TBTF) exists and it is defined as one that its complexity, size, critical functions, and interconnections are in the sense that in case the firm goes into liquidation unexpectedly, the rest of the economy and financial system will face severe consequences. The government provides support to TBTF companies not because they favor them but because they recognize implications for an advanced economy of allowing a disorderly failure outweighs the cost of avoiding the failure. Helping the TBTF firms enable the economy to realize high revenue. Various activities are to prevent their failure. They include providing credit, facilitating a merger, or injecting the capital of the government. The paper addresses the structures of the administration and the concept of too big to fail in financial and non-financial institutions plus the ethics involved with the theory.
Creation of government structure
A
The First Security Bank (FSB) of Malta, Montana fall victim to a crime of credit card fraud, money laundering, and embezzlement. The crime stared a small city in Montano with a couple thousand, who was startled from the crime. The vice president of operation of the bank was a pillar of the community and the suspect of the bank’s crime. The scheme was committed over a long period of time. This crime weakens the foundation of the bank and possible may run it out of business. The committee was in a frenzy with the bank and the suspect about spending the community’s money. The shareholders gave the president “30 days to clean up the bank or pawn the bank off to another financial institution.” (Volz p.1) However, the bank pulls through the crisis and gains more customer as the business begins the recover period.
Gup (2003) brings out that financial trouble is a periodical concern that occurs to banks, industrial companies and other organizations. Gup begins his article by reviewing the history and importance of government bailouts for corporate failures. In his article on “What Does Too Big to Fail Mean?” he uses rhetoric questions in order to engage the readers in his analysis of government bailouts. For instance, he poses the question, “what should governments and government regulators do about it?” (Gup, 2003, p. 29). ‘It’ in this case referred to the periodical financial troubles of the above mentioned institutions. By using the question, Gup engages the reader in trying to think about what the government can do in cases where businesses face
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